clay
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It means Raducanu will have played just one match on clay before the French Open - the second Grand Slam event of the year - starts on Sunday.
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Lorenze takes inspiration from the distinctive on-court look of tennis’s only clay grand slam.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“I find that the clay is a little bit more casual in general,” she said.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
About 5,200 years ago, people in what is now Iraq and Syria began pressing symbols into clay to record information.
From Science Daily • May 5, 2026
He took a big lump of clay, poked holes in it for eyes, and stuck a few bristles on its rump.
From "A Girl Named Disaster" by Nancy Farmer
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